Barrel.



PATENTED JULY l0, 1330111.

C. D. CRNDAL.

BARREL, APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1905.

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BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

?atented July 10, 19Q6.

Application filed June 5. 1905. Serial No. 263.852.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, CHAUNCEY D. CRAN- DAL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and' useful Improvements in Barrels, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, 'reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a barrel; and the objectof my invention is to produce astrong, simple, inex ensive barrel, the part-s of which maybe readily assembled and taken apart.

My invention consists of simple means whereby the heads of the barrels and stavesections thereof are rigidly united when set up in proper form. My invention further consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, that will be hereinafter more i fully shown, d cscribed, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a barrel of inyimproved construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective, partly in section, illustrating one of the devices for securing the heads in the barrel: Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof one of the devices used for rigidly securing the heads in the barrel.

In the construction of my improved barrel the body is made up of a series of stave-sections 1, each section being formed of a series of layers of veneering properly secured together, preferably by glue, and all of the sections are similarly bent in order that said sections may be taken at random in setting upgabarrel, it only being necessar to use' the same number of sections for eac 1 barrel.

. The number of sections can be varied as desired.

The top and bottom edges of the body of the barrel formed of the vstave-sections are provided withbinders 5, which are prefer'- ably formed of sheet metal bent into U- shaped cross-section and in circular form to fit onto the ends of thel body of the barrel.

The inner Wall of each U-shaped binder 5 is provided With an inwardly-projecting ilange 5, formed by bending the metal double,

l formed in the edge of the and this ange on the binder at the bottom of the barrel enters a corres onding groove'7,

liead 8, that is located in the bottom of said barrel. This head 8 is preferably formed of a series of veneer-sections, and by reason of its being provided-with the groove 7, which receives the flange 6 of the lower one of the binders, said head S is held iixed or in a non-removable position when the barrel is set up.

The meeting ends of the binders located on the ends of the barrel-body are provided with overlapping metallic strips 9, that are bent into the same form as are the binders,

and small nails or suitable fastening devices, such as 10, pass through these strips 9 and into the stave-sections 1n order to rlgidly retain the ends of the binders together.

The edges of the binders 5 are provided with integral V-shaped teeth 11, which when the binders are positioned on the ends of the barrel-body are driven into the stave-sections, and thus very rigidly retain said binders in position.

The removable head 12, that is located in the top of the barrel, comprises a circular disk siniilarto the head S and constructed of a series of veneer-sections, and said head 12 is positioned in the upper end of 'the barrel with its outer edge resting upon the flange 6 of the upper binder 5. (See Figs. 2 andi/1.) This head 12 is provided adjacent its edge with a plurality of keepers 13 in the form ,of 'small plates, which are pivoted to the head by means of screws 14. The outer ends of these plates are knife-edged, as indicated by.

15, and said keepers are also provided ou one edge with lugs 16.

when the head 12 is located in a barrel, these keepers 13 are swung around vonto.the upper surface of the head, and after said head is properlypositioned they are moved out- -wardlyo'ver the edge of said head, and their outer ends pass through slots 17, formed in tlle inner Wall of the binder 5, that is located on the `upper end of the barrel-body, and by means of a hammer or other tool the knifeedge 15 of the outer end of, each keeper is driven into the wood beneath, the aperture 17 in such a manner as to very rigidly retain the head in position in the uplper end of the bar-' stsVe-seetions of two., three, or even four berl keepers pivotaliy secured to the heads and reis ere' nested Within e single ben-ei, end thus muchspee-e is severi.

if desired, additional teeth 11 may be formed' on the outer welis of the binders 5 by pnneinng tienguier teeth 'out of the materie et seid ont-er Wells, asshown by dotted blies in. Fig. l. These additional teeth essist the teeth li, 'formed on the edge of each binder, to retain seidv binder inposiion.

The binders 5 es contemplated by my in- `fentionmay be eiso applied to barrels mede up e' ordinary stoves end heeds, it only being neoesemy net seid beef the seme size-*mad sape end adapted to foren berreis et uniorin eine. Y

emiro-'- A i. A knoekdewn barrel, constructed of e series of uniformly-sized veneered 'steve-seetions forming the body of the berrei, rnetevllie binders U-sheped in cross-section positioned upon the ends of the seetions when set up in berrei forni, there being innges formed integrni with the inner Wehe of each o' the binders, heads arranged in the ends of the barrels, and their edges being seated on the ienges, there being siots Jorrned in the binders above the top surface of the heads, and

adapted to pass through the slots in the binders, endengaged in the body of the barrel beneath the binders substantially as specified.

2. A knockdown barrel, constructed with e series of uniformly-sized isteve-sections g adapted to form the body of the barrel, U-

sha ed metallic binders positioned upon the D en s of the sections when set up in barrel foi-in, there being flanges formed inte ral with the inner wells of each of the bin ers, teeth formed integral with the edges of the binders for en eging the steve-sections, e Ineteliic clamp or engegingthe meeting ends of -eeeh binder, heads located in the ends of theharrel and having,r their edges seated on the flanges of the binders, and a, seriesiof keepers pivotally rnonted on one of said heads for detachebl securing seid head in positiomsubstantialyess ecled.

In testimony whereof 1P neme to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y Y

CHAUNCEY .D1 CRANDAL Witnesses: I

M. P. SMITH, EDW. M. HARRINGTON.-

have signed my 

